Boardsies greatest song of the 80s - Live Thread

angel eyes 2012 · 07-01-2020 10:58AM

Blondie
Bon Jovi

07-01-2020 10:59AM

#15 - Tough one as I like both, but I'll vote for Atomic as the one I'm more likely to listen to on a regular basis (although Call Me is the superior Blondie track!)

#16 - Neither of these do much for me but I'll go for Bon Jovi here - of their two songs in this thread I prefer You Give Live a Bad Name to Livin' on a Prayer.

Declan A Walsh · 07-01-2020 10:59AM

My votes:
Tears for Fears - Everybody etc. - great tune.
Cutting Crew - I Just Died etc. - classic 80s mid-tempo ballad.

Kolido · 07-01-2020 10:59AM

Collie D wrote: »

Blondie and Bon Jovi

Sorry, have been offline since qualifiers. Do we need reasons now?

Not until the next round

Big Vern · 07-01-2020 11:03AM

R3/Match 15
Blondie - Atomic

R3/Match 16
Cutting Crew - I just Died in Your Arms Tonight

sKeith · 07-01-2020 11:07AM

Tears For Fears - Everybody Wants To Rule The World

Zaph · 07-01-2020 11:07AM

Match 15 - Blondie - Atomic

Match 16 - Bon Jovi - You Give Love (A Bad Name). Only because I hate it less.

sKeith · 07-01-2020 11:07AM

Bon Jovi - You Give Love (A Bad Name)

AndrewJRenko · 07-01-2020 11:14AM

Blondie - Atomic

Cutting Crew - I just Died in Your Arms Tonight

loyatemu · 07-01-2020 11:16AM

Blondie
Cutting Crew (I mean, it's a big ol' slice of cheese, but at least it's not Bon Jovi).

Tauriel · 07-01-2020 11:20AM

R3/Match 9
Belinda Carisle - Heaven is a Place on Earth

R3/Match 10
Kim Carnes - Bette Davis Eyes

AndrewJRenko · 07-01-2020 11:21AM

R3/Match 11
Eurthymics - Sweet Dreams

R3/Match 12
Joy Division - Love Will Tear Us Apart

Tauriel · 07-01-2020 11:21AM

R3/Match 11
Queen - I Want to Break Free

R3/Match 12
U2 - Sunday, Bloody Sunday

quickbeam · 07-01-2020 11:21AM

R3/Match 15 Tears For Fears - Everybody Wants To Rule The World
R3/Match 16 Bon Jovi - You Give Love (A Bad Name)

Tauriel · 07-01-2020 11:22AM

R3/Match 13
Bryan Adam - Summer of 69

R3/Match 14
Culture Club - Karma Chameleon

Necro · 07-01-2020 11:22AM

Kolido wrote:

Blondie - Atomic vs Tears For Fears - Everybody Wants To Rule The World

Tears For Fears

Kolido wrote:

Bon Jovi - You Give Love (A Bad Name) vs Cutting Crew - I just Died in Your Arms Tonight

Bon Jovi

Hope I'm not too late

Tauriel · 07-01-2020 11:23AM

R3/Match 15
Tears For Fears - Everybody Wants To Rule The World

R3/Match 16
Cutting Crew - I just Died in Your Arms Tonight

Declan A Walsh · 07-01-2020 11:24AM

Necro wrote: »

Tears For Fears

Bon Jovi

Hope I'm not too late

You're not too late for the second. The first one has been decided. EDIT: Actually someone just beat you to it for the second one! You just missed out!

rainbowtrout · 07-01-2020 11:24AM

Blondie
Cutting Crew

AndrewJRenko · 07-01-2020 11:25AM

Belinda Carisle - Heaven is a Place on Earth 7 3 The Police - Dont Stand So Close To Me
Don Henley - The Boys of Summer 4 7 Kim Carnes - Bette Davis Eyes

Kolido · 07-01-2020 11:26AM

Blondie - Atomic 7 3 Tears For Fears - Everybody Wants To Rule The World
Bon Jovi - You Give Love (A Bad Name) 7 5 Cutting Crew - I just Died in Your Arms Tonight

Tauriel · 07-01-2020 11:33AM

Kolido wrote: »

Blondie - Atomic 7 3 Tears For Fears - Everybody Wants To Rule The World
Bon Jovi - You Give Love (A Bad Name) 7 5 Cutting Crew - I just Died in Your Arms Tonight

Nooooo

Cutting Crew is the better song :mad:

Kolido · 07-01-2020 11:34AM

Round 4

Please give a reason this round or vote will not be counted.
First to 10 votes or winning song after 1 hour

Some stats.

7/16 songs have made it through from the qualifying round
Blondie and Bon Jovi have both 2 songs each

Lineup

Bruce Springsteen - Dancing In The Dark
The Clash - Should I Stay Or Should I Go
Queen & David Bowie - Under Pressure
Blondie - Call Me
Bon Jovi - Livin on a Prayer
Billy Idol - White Wedding
Bonnie Tyler - Total Eclipse of The Heart
Pet Shop Boys - West End Girls
Belinda Carisle - Heaven is a Place on Earth
Kim Carnes - Bette Davis Eyes
Eurthymics - Sweet Dreams
Joy Division - Love Will Tear Us Apart
Bronski Beat - Smalltown Boy
Ultravox - Vienna
Blondie - Atomic
Bon Jovi - You Give Love (A Bad Name)

Kolido · 07-01-2020 11:43AM

R4/Match 1

Bon Jovi - You Give Love (A Bad Name)
vs
Blondie - Call Me

R4/Match 2

Bon Jovi - Livin on a Prayer
vs
Eurthymics - Sweet Dreams

Also Starring LeVar Burton · 07-01-2020 11:45AM

Call Me - tough enough call here, but Blondie just wins it for me by a slight margin as it just screams '80s to me that little bit more, this is the better of Bon Jovi's songs left in the comp though.

Sweet Dreams - easily one of the best songs left in the competition, and would be a deserving winner. Livin' On a Prayer is overrated and has no business winning against Sweet Dreams, which bleeds '80s!!!

Declan A Walsh · 07-01-2020 11:46AM

My Votes: Blondie - Call Me. It is an okay song and is better than the Bon Jovi song in this particular case.

Bon Jovi - Livin' on A Prayer. It is a very catchy number and has lasted better over time than Sweet Dreams.

Tauriel · 07-01-2020 11:47AM

R4/Match 1
Blondie - Call Me
The much better song and also down with Bon Jovi for knocking out Cutting Crew.

R4/Match 2
Bon Jovi - Livin on a Prayer
Damn it. This is a better song over Sweet Dreams. I prefer rock to pop. So much for down with Bon Jovi :rolleyes:

07-01-2020 11:48AM

#1 - Call Me
Simply a great song - infectious and feelgood as I said in an earlier post.

#2 - Sweet Dreams
That synth is unmistakably '80's and I find Livin' on a Prayer a little tedious; someone talked about "wedding songs" earlier and it falls into that category for me, it's not unpleasant but I'd never actually choose to listen to it.

sKeith · 07-01-2020 11:50AM

Bon Jovi
Bon Jovi

quickbeam · 07-01-2020 11:50AM

R4/Match 1 Bon Jovi - You Give Love (A Bad Name)
Just a better song IMO

R4/Match 2 Eurthymics - Sweet Dreams
Good and catchy

Boardsies greatest song of the 80s - Live Thread

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